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Recordially Yours
by Norman Weiser
tops on the record shelves:
For the stereo set, "My Fair Lady"
with the original cast is Columbia's
offering, while Capitol has a fine
stereo sampler in "What's New on
Capitol, Vol. 1," featuring such stars
as Nat King Cole, the Four Fresh
men, and Judy Garland. Going to
the classics, "Madame Butterfly,"
the Puccini masterpiece, featuring
Renata Tebaldi, is London's package
of the month, offering a fine cast in
wonderful sound.
On monaural, Warner Brothers
has its second Garry Moore LP out,
spotlighting "That Wonderful Year
1930," and Decca gives us some fine
Bing Crosby in a special wrapping
marked "In a Little Spanish Town."
The jazz set will dig Mercury's
"Rugolo Plays Kenton" and for those
who like exciting sounds, in either
single track or stereo, try RCA's
"Exploring New Sounds in Hi Fi."
music for family listening:
Like your listening on the vocal
side? Then try some of the following
on your whirling platter player:
from Roulette, 'TV Favorites, Vol.
1" by Jimmie Rodgers; "BasieBen-"
nett" featuring the sounds of Count
Basie and the tones of Tony Ben
nett; Coral's "Swing Around Rosie"
with Rosemary Clooney . and the
Buddy Cole Trio.
Decca has released "Curtain Time"
by Fred Waring and "Al Jolson
Overseas." RCA has a special treat
for Mom and Pop in "Mario," featur
ing Mario Lanza..
on the bandstand:
"Wish You Were Here" with Hugo
Winterhalter, "Deep in a Dream" by
Reg Owen, and "Orienta" by the
Marco Polo Adventurers are RCA
instrumental LPs you will want to
review. For the Latin American
crowd, Tico offers three packages
devoted to the Cha Cha, Rumba,
Mambo, Merengue, or tohot have
you. Honoring -our 50th state, "Jon
Hall Directs Music from Honolulu"
on Mercury and "Hawaiian Luau"
via Roulette are good listening.
jazzomania: 1
There are some real good waxings
for the jazz fans this month, includ
ing "Down to Earth" by the Ramsey
Lewis Trio and "More Vibes on Vel
vet" by Terry Gibbs, both on Mer-
Renata Tebaldi
cury; "Basie Once More," "At the -Roundtable"
with the Woody Her
man Sextet, and Don Redman's
"Dixieland in High Society," all on
Roulette; "Up the Mississippi" with
the Dukes of Dixieland from Audio
Fidelity; "Diz 'n Bird in Concert"
by Dizzie Gillespie and Charlie
Parker, and Johnny Smith's "Easy
Listening," Roost; and "At His Very
Best" spotlighting Duke Ellington
on RCA.
. stereo sound-off:
Granados' "Goyescas," the three
tableaux opera, featuring soloists
and the National Orchestra of Spain,
Keads the London stereo releases
this month. Also included are a
three-album set of "Piano Music of
Chopin" by Wilhelm Kempff; Dvo
rak's "Serenade for Strings" played
by the Israel Philharmonic Orches
tra; Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"
highlights featuring soloists, chorus,
and the Vienna Philharmonic; and
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Christmas Eve"
and "Sadko" by L'Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande. RCA brightens the
scene with Prokofiev's "Symphony
No. 7" with Jean Martinon conducting
the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra.
new sound new beat:
For the pop fan with a stereo set,
the new releases are coming fast
and furious. Columbia disks include
"Juno" by the Broadway cast headed
by Shirley Booth and Melvyn Doug
las; "Folk Songs Sing-a-Long with
Mitch" by Mitch Miller; "First Im
pressions" also with the Broadway
cast including Polly Bergen, Farley
Granger, and Hermione Gingold;
and Percy Faith's "A Night with
Sigmund Romberg" featuring Earl
Wrightson and Lois Hunt.
"There Goes My Harp" by Mimi
'Allen; the sound track of "The ,
Sound and the Fury," and "Vienna
So Gay" by Hanse Carste on Decca
are true tests for your system, and
from Capitol comes "Love Lost" by
Four Freshmen, Judy Garland s
"The Letter," "George Shearing on
Stage,'' and "To Whom It May Con
cern"'by Nat King Cole. Epic offers
"Come Out Swinging" by Roy Hamil
ton, and Jack Lemmon singing songs
from the movie, "Some Like It Hot.
Family Weekly, August t, 1959
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